lemonade
/ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. (In the UK and Ireland, generally specified as still, cloudy, or traditional lemonade.)
Canadian usage; Indian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Recreational drugs of poor or weak quality, especially heroin.
Countable; Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Mrs. Murphy, who had […] stopped for a few minutes, at Mrs. Loring's invitation, to rest and enjoy the cool glass of lemonade that was very refreshing after her long walk."
- "The tiny flowers on the long skirt and sleeveless halter-top made her look like she belonged in some Southern porch handing out lemonade and sweet tea."
- "In fact, a recent report from Denver shows it [street heroin] was about 1 to 2 percent and the addicts that are receiving this in many cases refer to it as lemonade, because it is so weak."
- "Lemonade — heroin; poor quality drugs"
Etymology
Etymology tree Austroasiaticbor. Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū)bor. Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū)bor. Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) Italian limónebor. French limon Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French limonadebor. English lemonade Borrowed from French limonade. By surface analysis, lemon + -ade.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/
- British English: /ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/
Usage
- Canadian usage
- Indian usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Australian usage
- New Zealand usage
- British usage